[azile0]

So- most of you already know of the things I'm going to say. But they're new to me.

Pitching and yawing. Depending on your ship, this can save your life. In a compact ship like a Herc 1, this won't help much, because the hitbox is so centralized. But on, say, a Ulysses, or Athena, the hitbox moves so dramatically, most enemy shots go right past you. Saved my arse when flying away from cap turrets.

In the intro movie, I just noticed that it's the Hades' wreck. After playing through ST and ST:R, I recognize it. 

I put two Sathanes against two Hecates and three Deimos ships. Both Sathanes suffered less than 20% damage. And all the Terran ships were flanking the Shivans. :|

And I'm off like a light, into the night!

[Blue Lion]

Yea I didn't know what the wreck was because I never played ST so it just looked like rubble to me.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Pitching and yawing. Depending on your ship, this can save your life. In a compact ship like a Herc 1, this won't help much, because the hitbox is so centralized. But on, say, a Ulysses, or Athena, the hitbox moves so dramatically, most enemy shots go right past you. Saved my arse when flying away from cap turrets.

I know this, but I tend to think of the hit box as my screen size, so it makes little difference if I flew a Ulysses or Pegasus in battle.

In the intro movie, I just noticed that it's the Hades' wreck. After playing through ST and ST:R, I recognize it. 

That took me three and two-third years to figure out.

I put two Sathanes against two Hecates and three Deimos ships. Both Sathanes suffered less than 20% damage. And all the Terran ships were flanking the Shivans. :|

If the Terran ships were obliterated, it's because of the rear-facing LReds on both Shivan juggernauts. One LRed alone is a serious enough threat to even the GVD Hatshepsut.

And I'm off like a light, into the night!

That was me hitting you with an LRABeam.

[azile0]

Something else...

If you fly inside a Karnak, and blow up the reactor and stay inside when it explodes, you pong around the inside like a rubber ball. Alternatively, if you're in one of the exhaust tunnels in the Karnak, you get fired like a cannon. I'm going to try and stuff an Aeolus in there and see what happens.

[ssmit132]

Really? I would try that if the HTL Karnak didn't cause my computer to choke/slow to a crawl.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I'm going to try and stuff an Aeolus in there...

The entryway's wide enough to fit an Aeolus?

[Blue Lion]

Isn't an Aeolus like 6 feet wide?

[Kolgena]

Judging by its size compared to fighters, I'd have to say that it's probably closer to 60 meters wide.

However, if you manage it, I'd love to see a vid of that.

[jkalltheway]

Aside from the subtle sexual references in this thread, i've noticed that sometimes i wish that when ships crash into each other they explode.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Aside from the subtle sexual references in this thread...

There are no sexual references. You must be dreaming.

Or I'm oblivious.

...sometimes i wish that when ships crash into each other they explode.

It would be more realistic if they did ... in the same sense as DoDonPachi Daioujou has gameplay similar to a real one-against-all situation.

[azile0]

I'm still running a pretty crappy computer. FRAPS takes me below 10 fps. I managed to get an Orion to jump INTO that hole in an Arcadia. They both blew up because I gave the Orion kamikaze orders and a special explosion.

[jkalltheway]

Maybe all this talk about stuffing things into entryways is just getting to me...

[azile0]

Hush. I found a grammar error (maybe?) in the main campaign. The Debriefing to "The Sixth Wonder" the debriefer says, "An historic moment..." Well, shouldn't that just be "A historic moment..."?

[ssmit132]

'a/an' and words starting with 'h' are ambiguous, as far as I know.

[Darius]

An historic is correct.

[Killer Whale]

... sometimes i wish that when ships crash into each other they explode.

I'd like that, just multiply all density numbers by five or something. I could probably do it if I could be bothered.

[redsniper]

Noooo, then it'd be like Tie Fighter, and if you've played that you'd know it's a real pain to die just by brushing up against a capship or station or whatever.

[jkalltheway]

Oh and is it possible to block a helios with your ship? if not, then i've just noticed that too.

[mxlm]

Noooo, then it'd be like Tie Fighter, and if you've played that you'd know it's a real pain to die just by brushing up against a capship or station or whatever.

IME, collisions are geometrically more frequent in FS than in the TIE and X-Wing games. Which is probably why they aren't so damaging.

[Spoon]

Oh and is it possible to block a helios with your ship? if not, then i've just noticed that too.

If you gave me a dollar for every time I collided with a Helios...